this is the most ridiculous news i have ever heard , a backmarker in DTM who finishes last or second to last every weekend is going to shakedown the new car for a team like Williams !!! , what happened to Logic in F1

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

Such as?

Off the top of my head:

Giovanni LavaggiYuji IdeRicardo Rossett

In fairness, Toto Wolff's money will be helping significantly.

Chanoch Nissany, Jean Denis Delatraz as well. Tempted to say Domenico Schiattarella, but only remember him from the F195 game.

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

the teams try to use any kms of running to try to improve the car so the shakedown will include some testing for the car performance besides the routine checkups of the car integrity

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

Such as?

Off the top of my head:

Giovanni LavaggiYuji IdeRicardo Rossett

In fairness, Toto Wolff's money will be helping significantly.

Chanoch Nissany, Jean Denis Delatraz as well. Tempted to say Domenico Schiattarella, but only remember him from the F195 game.

Throw in any number of the rubbish one off drivers who appeared throughout the 70s too.

I don't see Wolff being any worse than a Baumgartner or a Friesacher either. I wonder if people are only freaking out because she's not a man. Just because she doesn't have a pair of actual bollocks doesn't mean she's any worse than any other pay driver we have ever seen.

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

Such as?

Off the top of my head:

Giovanni LavaggiYuji IdeRicardo Rossett

In fairness, Toto Wolff's money will be helping significantly.

Chanoch Nissany, Jean Denis Delatraz as well. Tempted to say Domenico Schiattarella, but only remember him from the F195 game.

Rossett came second in F3000Ide was runner up in Formula NipponDelatraz scored a couple of F3000 podiums.

None of those is anything special, although all are more notable than Wolff's achievements. Finishing last in 6 of the 7 years she has spent in DTM with 0 points scored.

Nissany never got a race seat, although granted he was hopeless.

Lavaggi I might give you but he was a pay driver. However unless Wolff gets a drive we will never know for sure.

A shakedown just makes sure all the wires are connected and it isn't going to go *kaboom* if the race drivers apply the throttle slightly. If Suzie Wolff gets a little exposure, then good on her. There's been worse drivers given a race seat.

Such as?

Off the top of my head:

Giovanni LavaggiYuji IdeRicardo Rossett

In fairness, Toto Wolff's money will be helping significantly.

Chanoch Nissany, Jean Denis Delatraz as well. Tempted to say Domenico Schiattarella, but only remember him from the F195 game.

Throw in any number of the rubbish one off drivers who appeared throughout the 70s too.

I don't see Wolff being any worse than a Baumgartner or a Friesacher either. I wonder if people are only freaking out because she's not a man. Just because she doesn't have a pair of actual bollocks doesn't mean she's any worse than any other pay driver we have ever seen.

But if your tiddled about that you are going to be well tiddled off when she starts driving on Fridays.

I doubt that would ever happen

I wouldn't be surprised, there was talk last year of her taking Bottas seat if he moved up a step and then of course she's dropped DTM. Bernies also dropped favourably comments. So I sure wouldn't bet against it.

But if your tiddled about that you are going to be well tiddled off when she starts driving on Fridays.

I doubt that would ever happen

I wouldn't be surprised, there was talk last year of her taking Bottas seat if he moved up a step and then of course she's dropped DTM. Bernies also dropped favourably comments. So I sure wouldn't bet against it.

It would be quite embarassing though, if you're going to put a woman in a F1 car put one in that won't be laughed at

Chanoch Nissany, Jean Denis Delatraz as well. Tempted to say Domenico Schiattarella, but only remember him from the F195 game.

Throw in any number of the rubbish one off drivers who appeared throughout the 70s too.

I don't see Wolff being any worse than a Baumgartner or a Friesacher either. I wonder if people are only freaking out because she's not a man. Just because she doesn't have a pair of actual bollocks doesn't mean she's any worse than any other pay driver we have ever seen.

Do you see her competing in F1 as such?

Nope, not unless Bottas or Maldonado get injured. Doesn't take away from the point at hand. She's not the worst driver to have been given a car shakedown in f1.

I doubt she'll get Friday's either. Bottas will need all the time he can get and Williams rates him massively, Maldonado pays too much to sit out sessions.

It would be quite embarassing though, if you're going to put a woman in a F1 car put one in that won't be laughed at

How do you know it would be embarrassing? Got a crystal ball?

She hasn't done a timed lap in one and you reckon it would be embarrassing Supposedly her times in the sim etc are ok and She kept it on the tarmac when she took one out around Silverstone last year which is probably better than most folk on here could manage.

Chanoch Nissany, Jean Denis Delatraz as well. Tempted to say Domenico Schiattarella, but only remember him from the F195 game.

Throw in any number of the rubbish one off drivers who appeared throughout the 70s too.

I don't see Wolff being any worse than a Baumgartner or a Friesacher either. I wonder if people are only freaking out because she's not a man. Just because she doesn't have a pair of actual bollocks doesn't mean she's any worse than any other pay driver we have ever seen.

Do you see her competing in F1 as such?

Nope, not unless Bottas or Maldonado get injured. Doesn't take away from the point at hand. She's not the worst driver to have been given a car shakedown in f1.

I doubt she'll get Friday's either. Bottas will need all the time he can get and Williams rates him massively, Maldonado pays too much to sit out sessions.

No there's nothing wrong with her doing systems checks, its a far cry from driving a F1 car in anger though

But if your tiddled about that you are going to be well tiddled off when she starts driving on Fridays.

I doubt that would ever happen

I wouldn't be surprised, there was talk last year of her taking Bottas seat if he moved up a step and then of course she's dropped DTM. Bernies also dropped favourably comments. So I sure wouldn't bet against it.

It would be quite embarassing though, if you're going to put a woman in a F1 car put one in that won't be laughed at

With people like you and some of the others in this thread around that is always going to happen I'm afraid.

Just let her get on with it. She's not offending anyone, she's just doing a simple shakedown. Some of you guys make it seem like she's replacing Alonso for the entire year, not that would be silly.

It would be quite embarassing though, if you're going to put a woman in a F1 car put one in that won't be laughed at

How do you know it would be embarrassing? Got a crystal ball?

She hasn't done a timed lap in one and you reckon it would be embarrassing Supposedly her times in the sim etc are ok and She kept it on the tarmac when she took one out around Silverstone last year which is probably better than most folk on here could manage.

I guess it depends on how many seconds off the pace is considered to be embarassing?

Nope, not unless Bottas or Maldonado get injured. Doesn't take away from the point at hand. She's not the worst driver to have been given a car shakedown in f1.

I doubt she'll get Friday's either. Bottas will need all the time he can get and Williams rates him massively, Maldonado pays too much to sit out sessions.

Based on what though? Pretty much all she has ever done in her career is finish last in DTM. How is that proof she is better than Lavaggi, Ide or Delatraz? Maybe her car has been rubbish but that doesn't make her good. If she was she'd have earned a seat in a better car by now but she hasn't.

I'm not saying she IS the worst driver just that there is nothing to suggest she is any good, or better than the other drivers mentioned.

It would be quite embarassing though, if you're going to put a woman in a F1 car put one in that won't be laughed at

How do you know it would be embarrassing? Got a crystal ball?

She hasn't done a timed lap in one and you reckon it would be embarrassing Supposedly her times in the sim etc are ok and She kept it on the tarmac when she took one out around Silverstone last year which is probably better than most folk on here could manage.

I guess it depends on how many seconds off the pace is considered to be embarassing?

Because you can't get much worse than the Deltraz's of the world. Wolff isn't a great driver but she isn't bad either. She'll never win races, or get podiums but I don't think she would be embarrassing like those guys were. She won't get any track time beyond shakedowns anyway so what's the point in the argument? The chances of her becoming a fully fledged F1 driver are slim, partly because it is still a male dominated world far too cynical to give a woman a genuine chance and partly because she isn't better than Bottas or Maldonado.

It would be quite embarassing though, if you're going to put a woman in a F1 car put one in that won't be laughed at

How do you know it would be embarrassing? Got a crystal ball?

She hasn't done a timed lap in one and you reckon it would be embarrassing Supposedly her times in the sim etc are ok and She kept it on the tarmac when she took one out around Silverstone last year which is probably better than most folk on here could manage.

I guess it depends on how many seconds off the pace is considered to be embarassing?

How do you know she would be seconds off the pace?

Exactly.

I seriously doubt she would be so bad she'd be lapped after 5/6 laps at la Deletraz or over 3 seconds slower than her team mate a la Inoue. In fact Inoue once was out qualified by his own team mate by over 10 seconds. That's embarrassing. Wolff would be nowhere near that bad.

I seriously doubt she would be so bad she'd be lapped after 5/6 laps at la Deletraz or over 3 seconds slower than her team mate a la Inoue. In fact Inoue once was out qualified by his own team mate by over 10 seconds. That's embarrassing. Wolff would be nowhere near that bad.

Add in that she managed a lap or more without complaining of too much grip and knows how to remove a steering wheel instantly puts her above Nissanny.

I seriously doubt she would be so bad she'd be lapped after 5/6 laps at la Deletraz or over 3 seconds slower than her team mate a la Inoue. In fact Inoue once was out qualified by his own team mate by over 10 seconds. That's embarrassing. Wolff would be nowhere near that bad.

Add in that she managed a lap or more without complaining of too much grip and knows how to remove a steering wheel instantly puts her above Nissanny.

Mind you Oliver Panis once got sent to the back of the grid for not removing the steering wheel on his Prost when he tried to get out of it. Meant he failed the 5 second rule. Britain 98 I think.

But I do agree. She's no world beater but she's no embarrassment either.